Roun McNeal | |
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Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the 105th district | |
In office January 5, 2016 –January 7, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Dennis DeBar |
Succeeded by | Dale Goodin |
Personal details | |
Born | Hattiesburg,Mississippi,U.S. | September 4,1984
Political party | Republican |
'Rounsaville S. McNeal',also known as Roun McNeal, (born September 4,1984) is an American politician who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 105th district from 2016 to 2020. [1] [2]
McNeal was born in Hattiesburg,Mississippi in 1984. [2] He attended Greene County High School in Leakesville,Mississippi.
He attended the University of Mississippi where he received a B.A. in political science. [3] There,he was student body president and a member of St. Anthony Hall. [2] [4] He received a J.D. in law from the University of Mississippi School of Law. [2] [3]
McNeal was an attorney in private practice in Leakesville as Rounsaville Mc Neal PLLC. He currently teaches law at the University of Mississippi. [2] [5]
In 2011,he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Mississippi Senate. [2]
He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2015,representing District 105. [6] [2] He served as Vice-Chairman of the House County Affairs Committee. [6] He also served on the following committees:Compilation,Revision and Publication;House Corrections;House Forestry;Judiciary En Banc;Judiciary B;Municipalities;Workforce Development;and House Universities and Colleges. [6]
McNeal voted "the conservative line on everything from alternative forms of execution to vaccination exemption expansion." [2] The American Conservative Union and The Business and Industry Political Education Committee have both given him high marks. [2]
He ran for re-election in 2019,but lost the primary runoff. [6] He served from January 5,2016 to January 7,2020. [6]
He is from Leakesville,Mississippi. [2] He is a member of Faith Presbyterian Church and the Kairos Prison Ministries. He currently resides in Oxford,Mississippi.